OCR, Miami: Day 4, Quarter Final Day

January 28, 2010
Miami, FL

Racing was tight today at the 2010 Rolex Miami OCR. We finished up the
Gold fleet races and went 1-1. With this added to yesterday's 2-0, we finished the round in second with a 3-2
record. Then it was on to the Quarter finals round against Lucinda Whitty from Australia. At the end of the day, we were up 2-0 in a first-to-three-point series.

Our first Gold fleet race today was against the reigning ISAF Women's Match Racing champion, Nicky Souter. We led her off the line, but made a small
mistake upwind, put ourselves behind, and were unable to catch up.

In the second
and final race of the Gold fleet, we were matched up against our fellow Americans, Sally Barkow and team. It was a great race all around the
race course. At the second windward mark, we got into a luffing situation
that ran into the press boats. Luckily they got out of the way just in time
so they didn't intefere with the race. On the downwind leg, we got
into a short gybing duel. We gybed away and managed to hold her off by about
half a boat length at the finish to take the win. That win put us in second overall in the round behind GBR's, Lucy MacGregor. Because we finished second in the Gold fleet, for the Quarter finals round (now a knock-out format), we are matched up against the winner of the repecharge, Lucinda Whitty (AUS).

We had some really good races with the Aussies. The first race started
withus ahead, but them passing us downwind. We had room on them at the
leeward mark, but were not given it, so they were given a penalty. They spun
their penalty, and we extended on them to take the win. The second race was
much closer all around the course, but we held them off to the end and took
the second race. The series is first-to-three-points, so we need to win one
more tomorrow morning to advance to the Semi finals round. You can check the results
here at the regatta website.

We are learning a lot as a team and about working together, and we are having fun on top of that. This
isa great event for us, being able to match up against all the top ranked sailors; the racing is close, and keeps us on our toes from start to finish.

I would like to thank Carmeuse for their continued support of our
campaign for the 2012 Olympics in London, England. I would also like to thank
USSTAG for their support.

Sail Hard,

AnnaTeam Tunnicliffe

About Anna

Anna, two-time Olympian, won Olympic Gold in the Laser Radial fleet in the 2008 Beijing Olympics; placed 5th at the 2012 London Olympics in Women's Match Racing. She is two-times ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year (2009, 2011). In 2013, Anna finished 9th Fittest Woman in the World at the Reebok CrossFit Games. She sails as tactician on Extreme 40 Team Alinghi. In 2014, Anna retired from Olympic campaigning to concentrate on CrossFit, Extreme 40 sailing and other types of sailing/racing. She works and trains at CrossFit Mt Lebanon, PA.